The Asus G50vt-x1 or the Asus G51vx BB edition?

I was looking for a gaming laptop under 800 and these two came up, im wondering which one is better for gaming now a days like crysis and Tf2 wow. Cs.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?In...dium=ShoppingSites&utm_campaign=G50VT-X1-PB-R

G50vt ^ 650

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5250511&CatId=4948

G51vx ^ 790

Thanks

 

G51 is better.

 

haha this is probably true just wondered so that's 1 and 0

 

The G51 is a better machine. I don't know if it's 200 better but it is the better machine.

 

Well how good in the future will the G51 be at gaming just for a couple years? And if i put in a better CPU?

 

Depends on the games you play. I would bet that either one would be good on high settings for most games for at least a year. After that medium for another year. And low for the top of the line games after that year. Really for gaming desktops are just a better investment. I haven't really seen the processor as the bottleneck for a while in Games. But you can never predict the future.

 

The low resolution of the Worst Buy G51 is going to let you punt games around for a long time.

 

G51,it has an way better GPU.

 

You never upgraded your screen?

Since they have the same chassis and both use LED instead of CCFL, why not just upgrade to the same resolution screen as the G51Jx-A1?

 

Or you can use the $300 to buy a higher priced version of the G51? It's not like a screen is free. Not to mention voiding warranty, etc, etc.

 

Never bothered. I don't really do productivity work on this machine, so desktop real estate isn't an issue for me.

But I'm definitely going for a bigger resolution next time.

And like Min said, there are lots of issues.

 

What higher priced version of the G51Vx? They've been discontinued, so GL finding one. Changing the screen also doesn't void your warranty. Unless you go around chopping up cords its about as easy a mod as you can do.

I got a brand new in box G51Vx for $699. Replacing the screen with a higher res one is the only thing I feel needs to be done to it.

I do have a G51Jx-A1 as well. And it definitely wasn't only $300 more expensive.

 

With ASUS plastering warranty stickers everywhere on their machines I highly doubt you can disassemble the screen without tearing some of them.
Also, the difference between a G51Vx and G51Jx is a lot more than a screen, memory size hard drive warranty (BB warranty vs 2 years of ASUS warranty), video card update, etc. I'm just referring to products of the same time, eg. half a year ago, the difference between a BB G51 and a fully specced G51 was not that much more than $300.

 

Well since I bought the bb g51vx this week and it was massively discounted not to mention the last one in a 250 mile radius and the upgraded model hasn't been available for months since online resellers stopped stocking them, I am talking about what's available now. Anything similar costs $899+ and has the same lower resolution screen. The next step to a higher res screen starts at $1299 I believe which is a $600 increase from what I paid for. This won't be a top of the line gaming laptop, but I still want the higher res screen which can be found for $200-ish.

There also aren't any warranty stickers behind the LCD bezel on the g51vx. I'll take pics later when I pry it back off again. Replacing an LCD is as easy as replacing memory as long as you have compatible parts.

 

How goes Directx 10 on the g51?

 

Like magic,it has one of the best Single card GPUs.